It's here again. Already! Halloween, apple picking, pinecones and colored leaves. The season's fly by so quickly I can hardly keep up. We took a trip out to the Old Town main street the other day to pick up our fall and winter spices. It is an all cobblestone street and we had to park and walk quite a way to get to the shop. The various shop windows were all displays featuring Halloween and autumn. In the window of one shop my daughter saw a cute display that included a banner and a brick decorated that she said she would like to make for her house. Now, she homeschools three children so you know who she really wanted to make the display. The first two items turned out to be really easy to do so I thought I would share them this week. Here is the banner and the brick portion of the display:

4. Fold the long strip in half lengthwise and press. Open and fold the outer edges into the center pressed line and press again. Fold in half lengthwise again and press. (the picture I took turned out blank - not sure what happened. It is basically just making your own binding. You could use coordinating ribbon to make it even )

5. Center and sandwich one completed O banner into the folded strip. Pin. Measure 1" right and insert the second O banner. Then 1" left of the center banner and insert the B banner. Sew all along the open edge to complete the banner.